... all-trans retinal (atRAL)by a photon induces a conformation change of the visual pigments, triggers the phototransduction cascade and initiates vision [1,2]. The retinoid visual cycleAbbreviations11cRAL, ... RPE65cwas incubated with liposomes containing atRE, and the generated retinoids from the reaction were analyzed byHPLC. In the absence of a metal chelator, RPE65c cat-alyzed the production of 11cROL ... system (AlphaIn-notech, San Leandro, CA, USA). The bands (inten-sity · area) were semi-quantified by densitometry usingALPHAVIEW Q software (AlphaInnotech), and averaged from at least three independent...